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LAUREL SAND AND STONE INC. Coal

Controlled by Edward J Ratay Jr
MUNDYS CORNER, Cambria County, PA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3609122

LAUREL SAND AND STONE INC. has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
16
Years on record
2005–2020
Latest incident
Jul 2020
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
69
citations
21
significant & substantial
$8,442
proposed penalties
$8,364
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $78 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
80
inspections on record
2,090
inspection hours
3.3
citations per 100 inspection hours
ⓘ This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
69 citations across 2,090 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

LAUREL SAND AND STONE INC. has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1 outstanding across 3 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
ⓘ Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$8K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$1
outstanding
67 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-09-23.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also the operator's enforcement record

MSHA sampling at LAUREL SAND AND STONE INC. shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.13 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 444 samples.

Health sampling
ⓘ A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.
Respirable coal dust
ⓘ Respirable coal dust and silica figures cover coal facilities. Dust compliance is measured against the current 1.5 mg/m3 standard; samples predating the 2014 standard are included, so compliance rates are a coarse historical signal.
0.13
dust avg (mg/m3)
1.70
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
444
samples
Most recent sample: 2026-05-26.
Silica (quartz)
12.5
silica avg (%)
43.4
silica max (%)
20
samples
Most recent sample: 2025-05-08.
Noise
1%
over PEL
136
samples
Most recent sample: 2025-11-13.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
ⓘ Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4 6,379 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 7,759 1 0 128.9
2025 Q2 5,897 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 6,664 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 5,778 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 7,856 1 0 127.3
2024 Q2 6,507 1 0 153.7
2024 Q1 6,242 2 0 320.4
Show 84 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 5,712 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 5,363 1 0 186.5
2023 Q2 7,194 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 10,443 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 8,407 2 1 237.9
2022 Q3 11,246 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 10,366 3 2 289.4
2022 Q1 8,085 2 0 247.4
2021 Q4 9,842 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 6,794 3 1 441.6
2021 Q2 7,481 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 6,330 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 6,735 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 5,223 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 9,877 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 9,627 1 0 103.9
2019 Q4 12,030 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 14,011 3 0 214.1
2019 Q2 13,230 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 10,207 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 11,580 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 10,482 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 21,496 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 21,723 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 25,435 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 21,584 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 25,129 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 19,491 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 26,318 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 24,778 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 17,737 3 1 169.1
2016 Q1 24,095 1 0 41.5
2015 Q4 21,058 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 25,504 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 19,789 2 0 101.1
2015 Q1 22,312 1 1 44.8
2014 Q4 18,689 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 20,730 2 0 96.5
2014 Q2 15,928 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 17,494 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 13,924 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 15,408 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 12,598 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 16,450 2 1 121.6
2012 Q4 11,738 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 13,379 3 1 224.2
2012 Q2 9,147 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 9,823 1 1 101.8
2011 Q4 10,442 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 11,335 1 0 88.2
2011 Q2 12,916 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 10,660 11 2 1031.9
2010 Q4 11,008 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 11,716 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 12,269 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 9,064 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 8,959 2 2 223.2
2009 Q3 8,277 1 0 120.8
2009 Q2 9,049 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 10,075 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 9,630 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 12,292 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 7,757 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 10,442 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 13,518 1 0 74.0
2007 Q3 11,802 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 13,824 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 9,706 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 11,968 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 10,821 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 9,446 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 7,906 5 0 632.4
2005 Q4 9,560 1 1 104.6
2005 Q3 9,129 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 9,733 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 7,906 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 8,330 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 11,297 3 1 265.6
2004 Q2 8,609 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 5,861 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 6,713 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 6,333 4 3 631.6
2003 Q2 6,953 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 5,841 5 3 856.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

16 on file

2020 · 1 incident

July 30, 2020 PA · Coal welder (non-shop) MACHINERY
Laurel Sand & Stone Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

When trying to use cable winch on D-6 bulldozer, thought the operator saw them when they approached winch to unhook winch cable hook.

2018 · 1 incident

March 29, 2018 PA · Coal utility man, shift tech, service/dump truck operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Laurel Sand & Stone Inc. · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Changing return roller with hammer. Glove got caught in roller taking hand against conveyor belt. Very muddy.

2017 · 2 incidents

January 4, 2017 PA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Laurel Sand & Stone Inc. · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Hurt back prying frozen material (2a) with long pry bar off of screen (position of body down on one knee).

2016 · 1 incident

April 4, 2016 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Laurel Sand & Stone Inc. · Fall from machine

Was in the process unloading D-11 Blade off of flat bed trailer. EE was hooking up chain hook on eye in dozer blade step off of dozer mount onto trailer and fell to ground.

2014 · 2 incidents

2012 · 2 incidents

March 8, 2012 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Laurel Sand & Stone Inc. · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Miner stepped over guarding to dislodge rock stuck in control door and got foot caught between running head roller and scraper resulting injuries to left foot

2008 · 2 incidents

July 29, 2008 PA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Laurel Sand & Stone Inc. · Struck against a moving object

Backing up dozer, ran over wind-row of dirt & jolted body, injuring neck.

July 23, 2008 PA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Laurel Sand & Stone Inc. · Fall from machine

Slipped and fell going up ladder on 769C rock truck.

2007 · 2 incidents

May 22, 2007 PA · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Laurel Sand & Stone Inc. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Multiplier ratchet slipped off of roller pinching finger between roller & multipler (work on dozers).

April 3, 2007 PA · Coal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Laurel Sand & Stone Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Was grinding at face level. Grinder caught & kicked out of my hands hitting my face.

2006 · 2 incidents

2005 · 1 incident

December 6, 2005 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Laurel Sand & Stone Inc. · Fall from machine

Slip off step on loader onto ground broke bowe in hand.

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